Telegram-herald., 1887-12-18

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Nsw York CITY lsst sunday. re sessaoE
lsasel ior three days. aad as oas Of tas
noss important ever he'd - sas ofaeT.
Ons of ths great Questions before the cody
vas thss Ct lnskiag Ibe Grand Lodge IA
sFsloEy. IL other words 80 enoeaGlog he
charter sast q ssssi0a ~ that s0ay eoald be
held "a sonle ether place th&n tAe Siks OF
New YORK The Western lodges Easds =
dsiermined nght C. ths siAsnd nsni, bat
we're Destea GA iegsl tecchiezitty. iae
tine 0f tie neetlDg Was changed from iis
csmber 10 July, and the Grand Lodge viii
convene sgain IL Nes lerk IN July. TIE
/ lodge year Ia subordinate lodges Sss n@cs
70 clcse "a May, ana al or,eers 1o~ elected
/ Ia sao0rdlnAse lodges viii hold over enai
year from Hext May.
Exsitsd Grand Raler Will i. Eaglish. Of
/ indianapolis presided over TIE sessions OF
+ the Grand Lodge whlch Was made up ~
representative men ff0m al over TIE lnlon.
There were al one tine several Inemoers OF
/ Congress upon The foor OF The lodge. the
1 ExaIied Grand Ruler being also sn ex-
member. Ihs Michigan representatives
present were Exalted Ruler Dupont. Past
/ Exalted Rulers Lee and Rush. George
Corns and District Deputy john Sterling,
ali of Detroit. Tne Grand Rapids repre-
ssBtRtiyes were Secretary Z. ". Cnanaoey
l. u. Judd aud Exalted Ruler Lloyd Breeze.
Congfessmen Ford aud ChiDmaa came on
from Washington to attend the sessions oil
the grand body. New York lodge enter
tanned the visiting brothers with banquet
/ sf al a.
their own rooms. which was presided over
/ by Grand Secretary Arthur Moreiand.
Tbs three days session was productive OF
much good 10 the order, especially the ex-
| emplhcatlOn of The work, Dy Arthur More
land, of New York Lodge No. 1. Allen u.
Myers, Of the Cincinnati Eaquirer. was one
Of the prominent members OF the lodge.
His paper, The Social Session. will contain
full reports of the meeting. la the election
of officers which took place Monday John
Stirling, of Detroit.s was nominated for 8
| prominent chain, but he refused on behalf
of the Michigan Eiks-whose antlers
are yet In the velvet any honors. G.
| w. Chauncey, when the appointments for
the ensuing year are made, will be District
Deputy Exalted Grand Ruler for Michigan.
A vote OF thanks was extended TO Exalted
Grand Ruler English for his excellent ad
dress and the election resulted as follows
III. iidAuliloI l<CdIus flAuAlCu oiGbA
Ruler. DR.. Leach is physician of Wash
ington, and IL popular in the order. tie
acted for eight months in that capacity last
year. during the absence of w. Z. English
in Europe. Judge w. e. Jones' of st. Louis,
was elected Esteemed Leading Grand
knight, Percy S. Williams was made
Esteemed Loyal Grand knight; he lives in
Brooklyn, and is member of the
Aparanth. Emil E. Boulier, of Louis
vile, was elected Esteemed Lecturing
knight. A G. Moreland. of Docstades'
minstrels, whom it is said the members
swear by. was reelected Grand Secretary
and Hugo O'Neil, of New York, Ora nc
Treasu Z. c.. Chamberlain was elected
Grand III Ter. The following were elected
trustees: f. H. Walker, of New York
John J. Tindale, of New York; Henry Pal
mer. of New York; Frank Moran, of Phila
delphia, and Simon Quinlan. OF Chicago.